Matching Mom Genes

Nicole is recovering from illness while prepping for 2 upcoming surgeries with the added gift of mom guilt. Shelby, as always, brings in the logic. If you’re finding yourself in a midsummer slump with the kiddos, let us know what you think about some of these options for entertainment. Or just take a nap while the kids watch Bluey, because its all going to be ok either way.    Matching Mom Genes i...

UPDATED 6/26/23 to address sound issues. Thank you for your patience!   As much as it seems like today we’re cosplaying as construction workers, Shelby makes some really good points while explaining her pantry wall. Having been in her house, I can assure you, that wall is both load bearing aaaaaannddd mental load bearing.  To find out more about Fair Play, check out their website at https://www.fa...

Nicole and Shelby talk through how finding your Why can help protect you from burnout. Nicole uses a million metaphors in attempt to explain the importance of this introspection and still none of them fit right. It’s a very weird way to talk about something so important, but you know, life is like a maze…..you gotta metaphor your way out of it?….   Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod...

Pet Appreciation Week might be this week- it might also be in a different month- the internet can’t decide, but we’re talking about it anyway. This one’s for the parents of furbabies everywhere. Is parenting a dog or cat THAT much different than parenting a toddler? Do we only train pets or do we just pretend that parenting is just the training equivalent? You decide, but also, Nicole has a chicke...

Rory (Nicole's oldest) joins the pod to help us usher in Pride Month and spills some important perspectives from our beloved Gen Z on all things gender, sexuality, and identity. 20% of Gen Z identifies as part of the LGBT+ community, so even if you are not personally currently parenting a child exploring their identity, I can guarantee your child will know someone who is! There's quite the little...

This week, Nicole and Shelby deep dive on maternal mental health and the recently released 2022 statistics. It’s a scary reality, but we can’t look away. If you find yourself in need of support contact 1-833-9-HELP4MOMS.   https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/preparing-parenthood/202212/perinatal-mental-health-2022-year-in-review   Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re st...

Nicole is joined by our mother to take an obnoxious amount of buzzfeed quizzes about motherhood and then play Would You Rather? bizarre parenting scenario edition. It's a fun light episode that lets us all sit back and enjoy the silliness that is motherhood.    Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re still cool so stick with us. Nicole is a parenting educator and coach, mom of...

Nicole’s son is turning 2! And she HATES planning birthday parties! Can Shelby help change her perspective? Our plan for a joint birthday party has been dashed so let’s talk about backup plans and how to manage celebrations on top of all the other things swimming around inside a parent’s head. It’s a simple, fun conversation and Nicole was taking NOTES on these hot tips.   Matching Mom Genes is ju...

Nicole spends this week quizzing Shelby about how parents can better handle their children's identities on the internet. Do you show their faces? Do you tell silly, but maybe embarrassing anecdotes? Can children consent to content created about them? And, in this revolution around honesty in motherhood and our generation's desire to be authentic, what's the line between the PARENT'S experience and...

Today’s topic is slightly heavier. April is the awareness month for both sexual assault and child abuse/child sexual abuse. One of the most important things we can do as parents is try to change the narrative around consent and bodily autonomy for this next generation. Consent can be taught at any age and this week we aim to address some of those concepts and break down manageable steps you can ta...

Nicole and Shelby slow down for a quick discussion of the line between rest and rejuvenation and all of the ways they overlap in the experience of parenthood.    Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re still cool so stick with us. Nicole is a parenting educator and coach, mom of 3 and overall insane person who owns actual farm animals. Her twin sister Shelby is a relatively st...

Shelby is back from her Italian adventure and ready to spill the details on traveling to another continent with a toddler. She gives us her tally on in-flight diaper changes, explains what anchovy quiche is and why everyone in Italy loved her baby's jeans. Very on brand for us, I think.   Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re still cool so stick with us. Nicole is a parentin...

This week, Laurie returns and talks with Nicole about therapizing humans during the great pandemonium and they talk through what it’s like to have backgrounds in mental health while parenting. TLDR: Big feelings happen to everyone and the emotions of parents are just as messy as the emotions of kids. Plus, Nicole compares all of your cute babies to aliens, so that’s just nice.   Matching Mom Genes...

This week we have our first guest! Please welcome Laurie, a truly beautiful soul who has worked in many aspects of the social work field, first with her Bachelors of Social Work and then with as Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has also worked as a teacher in an international school, but sadly had to rejoin America where we can talk all day about how the system sucks. Laurie is a longtime frie...

Shelby is cleaning paint out of eyelashes and Nicole's baby was almost named Pizza Dinosaur. Maybe. Also, has anyone else been allowed inside the scary Bluey mom groups? Someone let me in!   Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re still cool so stick with us. Nicole is a parenting educator and coach, mom of 3 and overall insane person who owns actual farm animals. Her twin sis...

Welcome to the [full diaper] show!   Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re still cool so stick with us. Nicole is a parenting educator and coach, mom of 3 and overall insane person who owns actual farm animals. Her twin sister Shelby is a relatively straight laced badass engineer and mom of 1 living deep in the burbs. Together they bring unique perspectives to stack on their...

This episode spans a full topic list of farm animals, mommy brain, and boiled eggs. I wish I could explain why, but it does. Enjoy!   Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re still cool so stick with us. Nicole is a parenting educator and coach, mom of 3 and overall insane person who owns actual farm animals. Her twin sister Shelby is a relatively straight laced badass engineer...

Do you count your baby's age in months? There might be a reason to. And there might also be a reason not to. Is Nicole's 1 year old the same as Shelby's 1 year old?    Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re still cool so stick with us. Nicole is a parenting educator and coach, mom of 3 and overall insane person who owns actual farm animals. Her twin sister Shelby is a relativ...

We were in the same place for exactly 37 hours and Shelby had to print out TSA guidelines to survive. What are the real rules around flying with a kid? What's the right etiquette?    Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re still cool so stick with us. Nicole is a parenting educator and coach, mom of 3 and overall insane person who owns actual farm animals. Her twin sister Shel...